Tire.



A. V. KISER.

TIRE.

LED MAXIS, 1913 Patented NOV. 24, 1914.

W, m a J TIRE.

Application filed May 13, 1913. Serial No. 767,398. a

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, ALvIn V. Kisnn, a citizen of the Unlted States, residing at Troy, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Tire, oi which the following is a specificatlon.

The device l'orming the SUbJCOi) matter of this application is a tire which is adapted to be assembled readily with a wheel having a metal strap folly band of ordinary construction. a

One ob ect of the present lnvention 1s to provide a rim which may be connected with an unyielding strap felly band and with a solid auxiliary tire to the end that the solid auxiliary tire may be yieldably supported without the use of any springs other than laterally resilient flanges upon the rim, the

flanges having concaved sockets which enwhich will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides 1n the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment 01 invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a wheel equipped with thedevice constituting the subject matter of the present application; Fig. 2 is a transverse section onuthe line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section of a wheel to which thepresent invention has been applied; and l ig. 4: is a top plan showing the connected ends of the auxiliary rim.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the fellyof a wheel, the same being pro vided with a strap folly band 2 of ordinary construction, outstanding along its edges beyond the telly 1. y a The numeral 3 indicates an auxiliary rim, preferably fashioned from resilient metal STATEMENT canoe" AIlV IE v. nisnn,

or TROY, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented Nov, 24, 1S,)] l14;i

and bent nponitselli along its longitudinal edges, to lorm double-walled flanges 4., the flanges along their edges,s b01113, provided with sockets 5 which receive the edges of a the strap telly band 2. The sockets 5 terinmate in inwardly extended retaining grips (S wh ch engage beneath the strap telly band 2. By the construction above outlined, a space 8 exists between the auxiliary rim 3 and the folly band 2.

An auxiliary tire of any desired sort, 1n-

dicated at 7 and ordinarily a solid rubber one, rests upon the auxiliary rim 3 and is supportedagainst lateral movement by the flanges at. In order to connect the ends of the rim 3, any suitable means may be provided. In the present instance, a tongue 9 outstands from one end of the rim and overlfll'li-l the other end of the rim, the tongue 9 and said other end of the rim being connectcd by means of a rivetlO or the like.

Although the double-walled flange indicated at t is desirable, it is understood that the flanges t may be fashioned in any suitable manner, provided that appropriate means is constructed for engaging theedgcs of the strap folly band 2. i

The device herein disclosed may be assembled readily withthe strap :felly band of the sort indicated at 2, and throughthe medium of the device disclosed, a vehicle wheel of common and ordinary construetion may be quickly transformed lntQdL:

pneumatic structure in which, however, all danger of puncture isavoided. .The sockets 5 are laterallv resilient and grip the edges 1 1 i v ot the strap telly band 'lhe sockets 0, however, are wider than the thlokncss of the strap folly band 2 measuredradially of the, wheel. Therefore, the sockets 5 may slide upon the edges of the strap folly band 12 radially of the wheel, Owing to the concaved form of the sockets 5, when the latter are moved apart as auxiliary tire 7 moves inwardly, a component is resolved out of the gripping reslhency of the sockets 5, :WlllCh component acts radially of the Wheel and aids in supportingthe auxiliary tire 7 yieldingly.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: i i i In a device of the class described, a rigid folly; a rigid strap felly band upon the folly and projecting at its edges beyond the folly; a rim provided along its sides with inwardly projecting flanges having con-i caved seats Which receive the projecting edges of the strap felly band, the flanges being laterally resilient to cause the same to grip the edges of the strap felly band, the seats being Wider than the thickness of the strap felly band, measured radially of the felly, whereby the flanges may have a radial play upon the strap and resolve out of the gripping resiliency of the flanges, a

10 radial component as the concaved seats move upon the edges of the strap telly band; and an auxiliary tire assembled with the rim.

In testimony thatl claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto al'liXed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALVIE V. KISER.

Witnesses:

T. M. CAMPBELL, W. H. MCCLURE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. (1. 

